Collar-button.



PATENTED MAY 29, 1906.

C. C. FIGGATT.

COLLAR BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9. 1905.

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CATHERINE C. FIGGATT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

'COLLAR-BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent Patented May 29, 1906.

Application filed February 9,1905. erial in). 244,952.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, CATHERINE C. FieeA'rr, a citizen of the United States, residing 'at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in and Relating to Collar-Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to collar-buttons, and has for its object to produce a button provided with a head and base portion connected by a stem or pillar and with an interme diate disk arranged between the head and base portions.

Another object of my invention is to con struct the parts in such manner that the button may be easily inserted in the buttonhole and removed therefrom and to provide means for firmly holding it in place without interfering with the readiness for easy insertion and removal at will.

The button herein described may be made of any suitable material; but for simplicity and cheapne'ss I prefer to construct it of bone,

' celluloid, or other composition, so that it may be formed from an integral piece of material.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a button embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a top plan view. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4. 4, Fig. 2.

As represented in the drawings, the button consists of a base portionA of eccentric shape, a stem D, and a circular head C, arranged concentric with the stem D and preferably integral therewith. I construct the base of eccentric shape and prefer to make the portion a thereof, which extends to one side of the stem D, semicircular, and the portion thereof b, which extends on the opposite side of the stem, semi-elliptical, in outline, the ellipse being cut on its major axis.

At a relatively short distance from the base A and between it and the head C, I provide the button with an eccentric-shaped disk B, preferably of the same shape and size as the base A, but disposed so that the semicircular portion 11 thereof is arranged on the opposite side of the stem D from the semicircular portion a of the base A, by which construction it will be seen that the portions (1 a and the portions 1) I) are arranged on diametrically opposite sides of the stem D, respectively. By making the portion I) of the base relatively narrow I provide means for easily inserting and removing the button, and by making the relatively larger portions a of the base and a ofthe' disk to extend from opposite sides of the stem I provide means for firmly holding the button in the buttonhole.

When it is desired. to place the button in the buttonhole of a garment, the portion a of the base A is inserted through the buttonhole, and then by pressing upon the head 0 the relatively short or narrow edge portion 1) is forced through the buttonhole and into position, the band of the garment being held between the base A and disk B; To remove the button, it is only necessary to press it in the opposite direction, forcing the portion 1) first out of the buttonhole, when the button can be easily removed. After the button is seated in the buttonhole, as described, the fabric of the garment being between the base and the disk, the other article or portion of the garment that is to be engaged by the button may be brought into position, the head 0 .of the button passing through the buttonhole in this part and the fabric being secured between the head and the disk.

What I claim is A button consisting of a stem, a head, a base and a disk mounted between the base and the head, the said base and disk each being formed with a semicircular-shaped portion on one side of the stem and a semi-ellipticah shaped portion on the other side of the stem, the semicircular portion ofthe disk being arranged on the opposite side of the stem from the semicircular portion of the base, and all of the partsof the button being integral, substantiall y as set forth.

CATHERINE C. FIGGATT.

Witnesses:

MoNoURE T. Fro-GATT, WM. M. AFFELDER. 

